Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

13 PCE SET, W.W.11.

Date Range From

1939

Date Range To

1945

Materials

BRASS, RIBBON

No. Pieces

13

Description

.2 EAGLE ON RED & WHITE ENAMEL CROSS. 2 PIECE BRIGADE MARKER "2" ABOVE TANK. .3 CLOTH CROWNED EAGLE SYMBOL CAP BADGE. .4 CORPS BADGE. "POLSKI 2 KORPUS" WITH MERMAID HOLDING SHIELD AT TOP. .5 SQUADRON FLASH OR PATCH, PURPLE AND WHITE. .6 8TH ARMY IDENTIFICATION, YELLOW CROSS ON WHITE CREST ON BLACK BACKGROUND. .7 DIVISION PATCH - WINGED ARM HOLDING SWORD WITH BAR UNDERNEATH. .8 MEDAL - BRASS CROSS - "NA POLU CHEVALY 1920" ON ARMS OF CROSS. ATTACHED PURPLE AND WHITE RIBBON "WALE" "CZNYM" AND SWORD AND WREATH ON BACK. .9 MEDAL.BRASS MALTESE CROSS SHAPE "RP" IN CENTRE. CROSSED SWORDS AND WREATH ABOVE ATTACHED TO PURPLE AND BLUE RIBBON. .10 MEDAL.BRASS EAGLE CLUTCHING SWORD IN TALONS "POLSKA SWEMU OBRONCY" ON BACK -ATTACHED TO PURPLE AND WHITE RIBBON. .11 MEDAL.BRASS STAR - "GRT VII" IN CENTRE. "THE 1939-1945 STAR" IN FRONT - CROWN ON TOP - ATTACHED TO RED & BLUE RIBBON. .12 MEDAL SILVER MEDALION "GEORGUIS VII D:G: BR:?MN: REX. F.D.: IND: IMP" ON FRONT WITH HEAD OF MAN "HP" BELOW NECK OF MAN "1939" "1945" "THE DEFENCE MEDAL"ON BACK. TWO LIONS, A CROWN AND A TREE EMBOSSED ON BACK - ATTACHED TO GREEN BLACK AND ORANGE RIBBON. .13 MEDAL.SILVER MEDALLION "GEORGIUS VI G:BR:OMN:REX ET IND. IAE IMP:" ON FRONT MAN WEARING CROWN EMBOSSED ON FRONT "PM" BENEATH NECK. "1938-1945" "ECRP"ON BACK. LION STANDING ON 2 HEADED CREATURE EMBOSSED ON BACK. ATTACHED TO RED, BLUE & WHITE RIBBON. .8 - .13 ATTACHED TO PURPLE, BLUE, WHITE, RED, BLACK AND GREEN BAR. .14 MEDAL. BRASS CROSS "GRT VI" IN CENTRE. "THE ITALY STAR" ON FRONT. CROWN ON TOP ATTACHED TO RED, WHITE & GREEN RIBBON.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

ALL MEDALS & MARKS FROM W.W.II, BELONGED TO SERGEANT JUN CHUDZIKIEWICZ, 2ND POLISH CORPS, MILITARY ID NUMBER 30047563, BORN IN POLAND DEC. 28 1905, DIED JUNE 21, 1968. BURIED IN LETHBRIDGE CEMETARY. REFER TO FILE FOR PROCEDURE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN CHUDZIKIEWICZ, THE ORIGINAL RECEIPIENT OF THE MEDALS, WAS FOUND IN HIS OBITUARY FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD: "JOHN CHUDZIKIEWICZ... PASSED AWAY AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS IN CALGARY ON JUNE 21, 1968, AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS. CHUDZIKIEWICZ WAS BORN IN POLAND AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA FROM ENGLAND IN 1947. HE WORKED AT VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA INCLUDING SEVERAL YEARS AT THE MINES IN BLAIRMORE AND AS JANITOR AT THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY. HE WAS MARRIED TO THE FORMER KATIE BECZEK IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 3, 1953." A LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY LISTS THE DONOR, KATHERINE CHUDZIKIEWICZ, AS PASSING AWAY IN FEBRUARY 1991. NEITHER POLISH MILITARY RECORDS FOR CHUDZIKIEWICZ OR NEXT OF KIN CONTACT INFO WAS FOUND. FOR HARDCOPIES OF THE OBITUARIES, SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19710069000

Acquisition Date

1971-02

Collection

Museum

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